“Star Trek: The Return” Review by fourthords.com

It’s generally accepted that Star Trek‘s Captain Kirk is pretty awesome. He’s a 1960s Kennedian ideal leading man: punching the bad guys, getting the girls, and giving his friends noogies. An intervening fifty-plus years has done a lot to give the character depth, especially through non-canon media like novels, comics, and fan productions. Nonetheless, one of Captain Kirk’s defining attributes continues to be his awesomeness—in both a serious context, and with tongue planted firmly in-cheek—and the starship skipper’s most-ardent supporter is unquestionably William Shatner himself.